Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Streams or rivers that flows into a larger ones are called a. | ponds | b. | tributaries | c. | lakes | d. | runoffs. | | |
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Tributaries are fed by the drainage of runoff. The areas from which the water is
drained are called a. | water basins | b. | reservoirs | c. | sediments | d. | watersheds. | | |
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Small
boulders, gravel, sand, silt, and dissolved materials a stream or river can carry are
called a. | sediment | b. | runoff | c. | chemicals | d. | channels. | | |
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Where
river valleys are nearly flat and sediments are thick, rivers form S-shapes called a. | deltas | b. | flood plains | c. | deposits | d. | meanders. | | |
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When
a river valley widens and the landscape flattens, the area that forms along the banks of the river is
called a a. | delta | b. | meander | c. | flood
plain | d. | ridge. | | |
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The
place where a river empties into the ocean is called what part of the river? a. | flood
plain | b. | mouth | c. | watershed | d. | meander | | |
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Fan-shaped deposits of sediment formed at the mouth of a river are
called a. | deltas | b. | networks | c. | dikes | d. | flood plains. | | |
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The
hard, outer layer of the Earth about 100 km (62.14 mi) thick is called the a. | hydrosphere | b. | lithosphere | c. | atmosphere | d. | crust. | | |
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Earth’s water is called the a. | lithosphere | b. | troposphere | c. | atmosphere | d. | hydrosphere. | | |
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The
many layers of gas surrounding Earth is called the a. | hydrosphere | b. | lithosphere | c. | atmosphere | d. | troposphere. | | |
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